The tie-break fell in favour of the Armenian grandmaster thanks to his three wins compared to Gelfand's two.

The only other decisive result of the final round was a fine win for Vladimir Kramnik against Michael Adams. The game was notable for a curious incident when Adams wrongly claimed a draw by 3-fold repetition.

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The final standings of the 2013 Alekhine Memorial

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Name

Fed

Elo

Pts

1

Levon Aronian

ARM

2809

5½

2

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2739

5½

3

Vishy Anand

IND

2783

5

4

Nikita Vitiugov

RUS

2712

4½

5

Laurent Fressinet

FRA

2706

4½

6

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2801

4½

7

Michael Adams

ENG

2727

4½

8

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

FRA

2722

4½

9

Ding Liren

CHN

2707

3½

10

Peter Svidler

RUS

2747

3

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The tournament winner, Levon Aronian

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Lev Aronian's tournament victory consolidates his status as the #2 ranked player in the world behind Magnus Carlsen. World #3 Vladimir Kramnik had a strange tournament, winning in the first and last round, but losing twice in-between - including a loss to Aronian in round two.

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Vishy Anand had an unremarkable tournament, but still managed to finish in third place.

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The tournament was a 10-player single round robin competition, with the first half held in the Louvre in Paris and the second half in the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg.

The time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to a finish with a 30 second increment from the start. The prize fund was €100,000 with €30,000 for first place.

The official site ishere, with game analysishere, and archived video commentaryhere.